Lesson of English conversation Hello! Yesterday, I joined the lesson of English conversation that is hold once per week at my university. I again realized that my speaking and listening skills in English is still not good. That is because, even though I managed to hear others English with slowly, I was not able to hear and understand when other people was speaking English quickly (but, I was able to hear when an English sentence is constructed by only easy words even if quickly speaking). Then, I was said "You had better study proper grammar in English" in Japanese by teacher after end of this lesson. I can manage to write and read English because I can correct to write repeatedly and can search an unknown word for me under the condition of writing and reading. However, it's not going to work that way under the condition of speaking and listening. Therefore, speaking and listening in English are very difficult for me. I heard that the reading aloud is very effective method for improvement of speaking and listening skills. So, I decide to read aloud English sentence in my textbook within voice data that I bought previously, everyday. I think that English skills can be gotten by not only "to spend in a foreign country" but also "to study before go to there". I believe that I can do English and will try my best! ---------- New expressions in English for me (e.g., word, phrase, grammar...etc); (Although I wrote it in previous entry after the sentences is corrected by someone, I knew the unfortunate fact that I can't modify contents of notebook after passed one day. Therefore, in today's my entry, I wrote new expressions for me while I was writing above main sentences. but if before pass one day, I'm going to correct the following contents after the above sentences is corrected.) 1. once per week: 一週間に一回 2. realizeには「実現する」以外にも「気がつく，実感する」という意味 3. manage to ~: なんとかして〜する 4. had better: 〜した方がいい，〜した方が身のためです 5. it's not going to work that way: そうはいかない 6. canの過去形はwas able toを使うのが無難 （couldは「以前は（継続して）〜することができた」という意味合い） 7. previously: 以前に 8. after passed one day: 一日経った後 9. the unfortunate fact: 残念な事実 Additional item; 10. review: 見直す